Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine Thursday, hitting cities and military bases with airstrikes and shelling..There are reports of explosions in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, and others, said the Ukrainian Canadian Congress last night..The Ukrainian government said 137 of its citizens had been killed on the first day of the war..Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops came through the border and accused Moscow of unleashing a “full-scale war.”.NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia has shattered peace on the European continent on Thursday..“Russia has attacked Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said..“This is a brutal act of war. Our thoughts are with the brave people of Ukraine..“Peace on our continent has been shattered..“This is a deliberate, cold-blooded and long-planned invasion. Russia is using force to try to rewrite history.”.NATO will have a summit on Friday to plan further defense for Ukraine..Photographer Alexander Lourie has been capturing the events of a civilian apartment bombing near Kharkiv..Kyiv has ordered citizens to go to bomb shelters among the fears of more strikes in the capital..Katya Mosondz posted footage on Facebook of airstrikes over a village outside of Kyiv..In Russia, reports are saying hundreds are getting arrested for protesting the war on Ukraine..Thousands of Russians took to the streets Thursday against the invasion of Ukraine, 1,702 people in 53 different cities were detained, at least 940 of those arrests being in Moscow..“I want to ask Ukrainians for forgiveness. We didn’t vote for those who unleashed the war,” Tatyana Usmanova, an opposition activist in Moscow, wrote on Facebook..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
